Jesse Denis Joins Press Row

Every Wednesday, Administrative Editor Jordan Breen welcomes a member
of the mixed martial arts media into “Press Row” on the Sherdog.com
blog. This week, Breen is joined by Sherdog.com contributor
Jesse Denis.

As this coming represents the six-year anniversary of WEC 34,
Breen and Denis take a look back at the landmark event, headlined
by Urijah Faber
and Jens
Pulver's first featherweight showdown. The two break down the
eye-opening ins-and-outs of the card, including the WEC debuts of
Jose
Aldo and Mike Thomas
Brown, Miguel
Torres' bloody rise to fans' consciousness against Yoshiro
Maeda and the bantamweight debut of Dominick
Cruz. The two dig into the considerable historical relevance of
the card and detail how it serves as an important early blueprint
for the recent evolutions in the UFC and MMA.

Breen and Denis also discuss whether or not
Zuffa's WEC purchase was historically more important than the
Pride acquisition, Frank Mir's
infamous crush on the aforementioned Torres, how Aldo actually
became the featherweight torchbearer in his first Zuffa outing and
the surprising legacy the promotion continues to enjoy at 155
pounds.